Marking another revealing chapter in our 2024 Cyber Defenders interview series, we spoke with Philip George, executive technical strategist at Merlin Cyber, for his views on both the encouraging trends – and the challenging ones – on the cybersecurity horizon. Read on as Philip takes us through the importance of tech advancements at the data level, and the security complexities that are flowing from growth in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications. […]
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